Man-Hour System

Abstract

To provide a system that benefits both various organizations including companies and individuals working there.SOLUTION: A man hour system 10 comprises: management item storage means 11 for storing management items including individuals, job descriptions, work locations, and time; data aggregation means 12 for selecting predetermined management items from the management items and aggregating the selected management items; and report display means 13 for creating and displaying a predetermined chart from the management items aggregated by the data aggregation means. The report display means creates both a chart showing a relation between any two or more of the three management items of the job descriptions, the work location, and the time, aggregated within a predetermined period and a chart showing a relation between any two or more management items other than any of the two or more management items, and displays these charts together.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a man-hour system that has been developed to examine the working style and activity status of individuals in corporations engaged in business activities and other organizations and groups engaged in various social activities, and to maximize the benefits of individuals and the organizations to which they belong. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, declining birth rates and aging populations have made securing a labor force a major social issue in many countries around the world. Japan, in particular, is the country with the most advanced population decline and aging, and long working hours have become the norm. Furthermore, women's participation in the workforce is lagging behind. Under these circumstances, improving the working environment is an urgent priority, and individual companies have been working to reform work styles by reassessing the content and hours of work. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated telework and digitalization, eliminating restrictions on where people work. Improving the efficiency and quality of work styles, including workplaces, is even more crucial for improving organizational productivity, securing talented personnel, and enabling employees to recognize and autonomously improve their own work styles. Amid this work style reform trend, there is a need to create a system that benefits both corporations and other organizations, as well as the individuals who work there.

[0003] In line with this social trend, the applicant has been independently developing various in-house systems for some time. While repeatedly upgrading existing functions year after year, the applicant has developed easy-to-use, purposeful systems that meet the needs of society in recent years. Some of these technologies are described, for example, in JP 2021-64163 A (Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2021-64463 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Even after developing the technology described in the above publication, the applicant has continued to develop a technology that incorporates the needs of the company and its customers, with the aim of making it easier to understand and improve individual work styles, and has produced further new results in the process. The present invention provides a part of those results, and is intended to provide benefits to various organizations, including companies, and the individuals working there. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present specification provides the following inventions. That is, in one aspect of the present invention, a man-hour system is provided which has a management item storage means for storing management items including individuals, work content, work location, and time, a data aggregation means for selecting predetermined management items from the management items and aggregating the selected management items, and a report display means for creating and displaying predetermined charts and graphs from the management items aggregated by the data aggregation means, wherein the report display means creates both a chart showing the relationship between any two or more of the three management items of work content, work location, and time aggregated within a predetermined period, and a chart showing the relationship between any two or more management items other than the above two or more management items, and displays these charts together.

[0007] In one aspect of the present invention, the system includes a management item storage means for storing management items including individuals, work content, work location, and time. This allows necessary data to be stored as management items, and various situations related to work styles can be summarized by using these management items. Furthermore, the system includes a data aggregation means for selecting specific management items from the management items and aggregating the selected management items. This allows the system to extract management items such as work content that match the purpose, associate them with individuals, etc., and aggregate and process data, such as calculating the total work time allocated to the specific work content within a specified period. Furthermore, the system includes a report display means for creating and displaying specified charts and graphs from the management items aggregated by the data aggregation means. This allows the system to display the necessary management items in graphs, etc., allowing individuals to visually grasp their work styles. The report display means then creates both a chart showing the relationship between any two or more of the three management items, namely, work content, work location, and time, aggregated within a specified period, and a chart showing the relationship between any two or more management items other than the aforementioned two or more management items, and displays these charts together.As a result, the relationship between any two or more of the three management items, namely, work content, work location, and time, and the relationship between two or more management items other than these are displayed in a graph, allowing an individual's working style to be recognized from multiple perspectives and the nature of working style to be easily grasped visually.

[0008] In one aspect of the present invention, a man-hour system is provided in which the management items include self-assessment, and the report display means creates both a chart showing the relationship between any two or more of the four management items of work content, work location, time, and self-assessment, compiled over a predetermined period, and a chart showing the relationship between any two or more management items other than the above two or more management items, and displays these charts together.

[0009] In one aspect of the present invention, the management items include self-assessment, so that it is possible to recognize not only the results of objective work styles but also results that include individual subjective opinions. The report display means creates both a diagram showing the relationship between any two or more of the four management items (job content, work location, time, and self-assessment) compiled over a predetermined period, and a diagram showing the relationship between any two or more management items other than the above two or more management items, and displays these diagrams together, so that self-assessment can be included in a summary of an individual's work style from multiple perspectives, and the results of matching one's own perception with the objective work condition can be easily grasped visually.

[0010] In one aspect of the present invention, a man-hour system is provided in which the report display means creates two or more diagrams showing the relationship between any two or more of the management items, each for a different predetermined period or individual, and creates two or more diagrams showing the relationship between any other two or more of the management items, each for a different predetermined period or individual, and displays these diagrams together.

[0011] The report display means creates two or more diagrams showing the relationship between any two or more of the management items, each for a different predetermined period or individual, and creates two or more diagrams showing the relationship between any two or more other management items, each for a different predetermined period or individual, and displays these diagrams together, so that differences between predetermined periods or individuals can be compared and differences due to differences in periods or individuals can be grasped at a glance.

[0012] In one aspect of the present invention, a man-hour system is provided in which the relationship between any two or more of the management items is the work content and the time spent on that work content, and the relationship between any other two or more of the management items is the work location and the time spent at that work location.

[0013] The relationship between any two or more of the management items is between the work content and the time spent on that work content, and the relationship between any two or more of the other management items is between the work location and the time spent at that work location, so it is possible to grasp at a glance how much time was spent on each work content and how long was spent at each work location.

[0014] In one aspect of the present invention, a man-hour system is provided which further comprises a message display means which displays a message when there is a specified change in the work content or the time spent at the work location from the work content or the time spent at the work location over a specified period of time.

[0015] The system further includes a message display means that displays a message when there is a specified change in the work content or the time spent at the work location from the work content or the time spent at the work location over a specified period of time. This allows the employee to know through the message any major changes in their work style, and in addition to being able to recognize them visually, the employee can receive direct advice from the system, which can be an opportunity to gain insights into how to improve their work style.

[0016] In one aspect of the present invention, a man-hour system is provided which further comprises machine learning means, wherein the machine learning means uses accumulated past data on management items including individuals, job content, work location, hours, and self-evaluation as training data, and inputs new data on management items including a new individual's job content, work location, hours, and self-evaluation into a trained model which has undergone machine learning to estimate an individual's ideal working style, thereby outputting work style information which estimates the new individual's ideal working style.

[0017] The system further comprises a machine learning means, which uses accumulated past data on management items including the individual, job content, work location, hours, and self-evaluation as training data, and outputs work style information that estimates the ideal work style of a new individual by inputting new data on management items including the job content, work location, hours, and self-evaluation of a new individual into a trained model that has undergone machine learning to estimate the individual's ideal work style, thereby making it possible to present the individual's ideal work style from accumulated past data. [Effects of the Invention]

[0018] According to the present invention, it is possible to analyze the working style of individuals, which can serve as a basis for implementing work style reforms and improving the work content of organizations. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0019] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating how a man-hour system is used. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a management server. [Figure 3] 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams showing an example of an input screen, in which FIG. 3A shows the screen before the self-evaluation input field is displayed, and FIG. 3B shows the screen on which the self-evaluation input field is displayed as a pop-up. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a behavior history display page. [Figure 5] The following shows examples of modified location-time graphs. Figure 5(A) is a pie chart, and Figure 5(B) is a rectangular graph. [Figure 6] Figure 6(A) shows the location vs. day of the week graph, and Figure 6(B) shows the location of work by percentage, and total time, respectively. [Figure 7] Examples of modified activity-time graphs are shown below. Figure 7(A) is a bar graph, and Figure 7(B) is a pie chart. [Figure 8] The activity vs. day of the week graphs are shown, with Figure 8(A) showing activity as a percentage and Figure 8(B) showing activity as total time. [Figure 9] Figure 9(A) shows the activity-location graph, and Figure 9(B) shows the activity-location ratio. [Figure 10] Examples of modified activity-location graphs are shown. Figure 10(A) is a graph showing work locations by percentage for each activity, and Figure 10(B) is a graph showing work locations by total time for each activity. [Figure 11] Figure 11 shows modified examples of activity-location graphs. Figure 11(A) is a graph showing activity by percentage for each work location, and Figure 11(B) is a graph showing activity by total time for each work location. [Figure 12] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a behavior history display page showing information about multiple people together. [Figure 13] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a behavior history display page with self-evaluation. [Figure 14] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a behavior history display page showing a comparison over time. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020] The man-hour system of the present invention is a system that is introduced to analyze the working and activities of each employee, officer, member, and other personnel (hereinafter, various people collectively referred to as "individuals") who make up a corporation such as a company, group, project, or other organization (hereinafter, various groups of people collectively referred to as "organization"), in order to realize reasonable and appropriate work for individuals and efficient labor distribution for organizations.

[0021] 1 is a diagram illustrating how a man-hour system 10 is used. In this man-hour system 10, a management server 1 and user terminals 2 (2a, 2b, ...) used by individuals such as employees who perform daily tasks are connected via a network 3.

[0022] The management server 1 receives instructions from the user terminal 2 via the network 3 and performs processing in accordance with those instructions. This management server 1 is configured with a central processing unit (CPU) that functions as a calculation device and a control device, a main memory device such as RAM, an external memory device such as a hard disk, a communication device such as a modem, and a computer program. This management server 1 may be a computer management server connected to a network other than that of the user terminal 2, or may be a management server shared by the computer of the user terminal 2. It may also be a cloud management server used in cloud computing.

[0023] The user terminal 2 is a computer used by an individual belonging to an organization such as a company or an individual with a certain type of permission, and can be one or more computers 2a, 2b, .... This user terminal 2 is configured with a communication device that can connect to and communicate with a network such as an in-house LAN or the Internet, and can start a program, connect to the network, access the management server 1, retrieve and display data stored in the management server 1, send data input through an input device to the management server 1, and receive data from the management server 1 and print it out through an output device. The computer that serves as this user terminal 2 can be a so-called personal computer, as well as a mobile phone terminal, tablet terminal, etc.

[0024] The block diagram in Fig. 2 shows the functional configuration of the management server 1. As shown in Fig. 2, the management server 1 has a management item storage means 11, a data aggregation means 12, a display means 15 including a report display means 13 and a message display means 14, and a machine learning means 16, and these devices realize these functions.

[0025] The management item storage means 11 has the function of recording as management items items necessary for managing man-hours, such as personal information of an individual, such as name, age, affiliation, etc. (collectively referred to as "personal information" or simply "individual"); various items indicating the business of an organization, such as target such as customer, project, sales office, region, etc., business classification such as accounting, sales, development, etc.; various items indicating the content of an individual's work or actions (collectively referred to as "work content" or "activity"), such as planning, sales, customer visits, meetings, travel, breaks, etc.; various items indicating the place where an individual worked (also referred to as "work place" or simply "place"), such as in the company, home, client's office, etc.; various items indicating an individual's self-evaluation (performance), such as performance level high, somewhat high, somewhat low, low, not targeted, etc.; and the time spent on an individual's work or activity (also referred to as "work time" or simply "time"), such as date, day of the week, start time, finish time, etc., and providing it as a management item database.

[0026] The data aggregation means 12 stores the management items entered by individuals, such as work content, work location, and work hours, in the management item storage means 11 in association with the individuals, and also selects and extracts necessary management items from the various management items recorded in the management item storage means 11, and processes the data by classifying them into specific management items according to the purpose, or by performing calculations such as aggregation.

[0027] The display means 15 displays the management items stored in the management item storage means 11 and the items processed by the data aggregation means 12 on the user terminal 2, or outputs them as a report. This display means 15 includes a report display means 13 and a message display means 14, which will be described later, and in addition to displaying reports and messages, also displays an input screen, etc.

[0028] The report display means 13 creates and displays in a predetermined chart format the items compiled and processed by the data collection means 12. The message display means 14 creates and displays various items as messages.

[0029] The management server 1 can also have various other functions, such as an ID recognition means that performs processing to recognize personal names, assignments, titles, management authority, etc. based on specified ID information and has the function of restricting access rights, and an alert generation means that observes abnormal values ​​and issues an alert.

[0030] Next, we will explain the specific operation and operation of the man-hour system 10, which is configured using the above-mentioned devices and performs the above-mentioned functions. To analyze the working style of individuals in an organization, it is first necessary to accurately grasp the work content, work location, and work hours of each individual. Therefore, we will explain a specific example of an input screen required for individuals to input management items such as work content, work location, and work hours via the user terminal 2 and register them in the system as a first embodiment.

[0031] First embodiment: <Creating an input screen> [Figure 3] Fig. 3 shows an example of an input screen 30. As shown in Fig. 3(A), the input screen displays a time input field 31 for selecting and inputting the start and end times of the work to be input, a work location selection field 32 for selecting and inputting the location where the work was performed (work location), an activity input field 33 in which the work content is displayed as an activity item and from which the individual can select and input, and a customer selection field 34 for selecting whether the work is for a customer.

[0032] As an example, let's assume that this man-hour system 10 is introduced to a company that manages construction projects and is applied to individual A, an employee working there. First, individual A selects the hours of work he or she performed from the pull-down menu in time input field 31. Depending on the work content, for example, if a morning meeting is held from 10:00 to 12:00, individual A selects the start time of 10:00 and the end time of 12:00.

[0033] Next, in the customer selection field 34, individual A inputs whether the work is for a client or internal management work that does not involve a client, whether to select a client, and if a client is selected, the specific client name. However, individual A can also skip the selection in this item. It is also possible not to display the customer selection field 34 on the input screen 30.

[0034] To select the work content, the user selects the appropriate work content from the options listed in each of the major, medium, and minor categories in the activity input field 33. In order to incorporate the work content of individuals in an organization into the system, the system 10 allows the individual to specify the various work content that they perform, which is determined in advance according to the organization to which the individual belongs, with more detailed options within the major, medium, and minor categories. In addition, in order to incorporate the work content of individuals in an organization into the system, the system allows the individual to freely enter the various work content that they perform.

[0035] In a company that manages construction projects, management items such as the order receipt phase, design phase, and construction phase are listed as options for the major categories. Management items such as estimates, basic plans, and selection of design and construction contractors are listed as options for the medium categories. Management items such as meetings, document preparation, and travel are listed as options for the small categories. Individual A, an employee, can accurately register his or her work content by selecting the appropriate option from each of the major, medium, and small categories. Furthermore, in addition to the options listed above, the employee can freely enter work content for each of the major, medium, and small categories.

[0036] In principle, all job details are displayed in these options, so all you have to do is select one, which reduces the amount of work required for individuals to enter information compared to writing it down. On the other hand, if there is no item that matches your needs, you can select "not applicable" and then write down the specific job details.

[0037] Individual A also selects and inputs a specific work location. Depending on the work location selected in the work location selection field 32, specific candidate work locations are displayed in the other display field 35. For example, if "in-house" is selected in the work location selection field 32, the options include headquarters, TS branch office, TM branch office, conference room, and office. If "external" is selected, the options include client site, on-site RE, on-site RS, cafe, shared office, and travel. If the work location is at home, no specific candidate locations are displayed in the other display field 35. This is because the location of work at home varies from person to person, and privacy considerations must also be considered. However, if an individual wishes to consider performance at home, the other display field 35 can be customized to display candidate locations. By incorporating the work location into the man-hour system 10, the degree of progress toward teleworking can be analyzed as the transition from office work to telework progresses.

[0038] Individual A can also select and input a self-evaluation. When Individual A clicks on the desired work content in the activity input field 33 to input it, a self-evaluation input field 36 pops up, as shown in Figure 3(B). Examples of self-evaluation include high (better than expected), somewhat high (performed at the expected level), somewhat low (slightly accomplished), low (hardly accomplished), and not applicable, and these can be selected. By linking self-evaluation to work content, time, and location, it is possible to analyze what work content, time, and location were efficient and effective, or vice versa.

[0039] While past facts about work content, time, and location can be registered as actual results, future work schedules can also be written. Schedules are entered in the same way as work results are registered. That is, the individual input method is the same for both results and schedules; if the input date and time is in the past, it is the input of work results, and if the input date and time is in the future, it is the input of future work schedules.

[0040] Individual B, who is Individual A's supervisor, may frequently need to input Individual A's schedule. For example, Individual A may be working on a facility construction project this month, while Individual B, who is the manager, is considering assigning Individual A to another facility construction project next month, or Individual B may invite Individual A to a meeting scheduled for a certain date. However, it is preferable to adopt a system in which no one other than Individual A can input actual results, i.e., Individual A's past work details. Furthermore, even Individual A may be prevented from re-entering data once he has registered and received approval from Individual B.

[0041] In this system 10, the management item storage means 11 stores the above options as input items, and the display means 15 creates and displays the above input screen 30. When individual A enters the individual's name, job content, work location, self-evaluation, time, etc. through this input screen 30, the data compilation means 12 associates these input items with each other and records them in the management item storage means 11, which then records and accumulates them. At this time, the management item storage means 11 also records whether the specified date and time is planned or actual in relation to the actual date and time when the system is operating. Here, a predetermined code can be assigned to each job content in advance, and the data compilation means 12 can compile data according to the code.

[0042] The various management items thus registered in the system are processed into the desired format by the data aggregation means 12, which compiles, classifies, and calculates the data according to specific items according to the purpose. The processed data is then displayed on the user terminal 2 or output as a report by the display means 15. In particular, the report display means 13 creates and displays the data in a predetermined chart format, and the message display means 14 displays differences from past data as messages. Next, we will explain in more detail the charts displayed as such reports and the matters displayed as messages. Note that duplicate explanations of effects, processes, conditions, etc. that are common to each of the following embodiments will be omitted.

[0043] Although the self-assessment input field 36 has been described as appearing as a pop-up each time an activity is entered in the activity input field 33, the input screen 30 can also be configured so that the self-assessment input field 36 is displayed from the beginning. An individual can then complete the input by entering only some of the various management items, without having to enter all of them. For example, the individual can skip entering the self-assessment by clicking the confirm button without entering the self-assessment.

[0044] Second embodiment: <Creating the behavior history display page 40> [Figure 4] In this embodiment, the behavior history display page 40 visualizes, within a predetermined period (for example, July of this year), how much time was spent on each individual's work content recorded in the management item storage means 11, where the work was performed, and how much time was spent on each. In other words, the behavior history display page 40 is a tool that clearly shows what work content is allocated to the individual's total work within a predetermined period and what percentage it accounts for, or where the individual's total work within a predetermined period was allocated to and what percentage it accounts for.

[0045] The behavior history display page 40 shown in Figure 4 displays a location-time bar graph 41a showing the work hours for each work location in a certain month as a bar graph, and an activity-time rectangle graph 42a showing the total work hours for a certain month as a rectangle of a specified size, with the time spent for each type of work shown as a rectangle with an area equal to the percentage of the total work hours. A location-time graph 41, such as the location-time bar graph 41a, shows at a glance how much time was spent at each location where work was performed over a given period. Therefore, for example, by observing the ratio of time spent at home to work, it is easy to understand the progress of telework. Furthermore, if travel time is high relative to actual working time, it can also encourage awareness of reducing travel time. On the other hand, an activity-time graph 42, such as the activity-time rectangle graph 42a, showing the relationship between activity, i.e., work content and time, shows at a glance how much time was spent on each task over a given period. If meeting time is longer than other times, this can lead to efforts to shorten meeting time. Furthermore, understanding the ratio of time spent on chores and breaks to other main tasks can help establish standards for more intensive work styles.

[0046] Furthermore, the behavior history display page 40 shown in Figure 4 displays a daily overtime display bar graph 48 that shows the overtime hours worked each day, and an overtime comparison accumulation graph 49 that shows the planned upper limit of overtime hours and the total amount of actual overtime hours side by side in bar graphs. The daily overtime display bar graph 48 allows you to grasp the amount of overtime work or whether there is overtime work each day as the day progresses, making it easy to see whether there is a lot of overtime work on average every day, whether there is an especially large amount of overtime work on certain days, or whether there is a bias towards certain days of the week. The overtime comparison accumulation graph 49 compares the target value for overtime work hours with the cumulative value of actual overtime work hours, and allows you to see at a glance how much the actual amount was compared to the target value for a specified period. Also, if you create the behavior history display page 40 with the specified period that forms the basis for the display of the behavior history display page 40 being from the beginning of the month to the current day, the overtime comparison accumulation graph 49 in that case will show how much overtime has been worked up to the present compared to the target value for the month, so you can see how much overtime you can work in the remaining days, taking into account the number of remaining days and the remaining overtime hours until the target value.

[0047] The creation of the activity history display page 40 will now be described. The data aggregation means 12 retrieves management items related to the individual's work content, work location, and time, for example, performed in July 2021, from the management item storage means 11, and aggregates the time spent for each work content and each work location. The report display means 13 then displays the results as a location-time bar graph 41a and an activity-time rectangular graph 42a. Furthermore, the data aggregation means 12 aggregates the time spent on work for the individual during the same period from the management item storage means 11 for each day, and the report display means 13 displays a daily overtime display bar graph 48, which shows the amount of time spent exceeding the scheduled working hours as overtime. Separately, the report display means 14 displays an overtime comparison accumulation graph 49, which shows the total overtime time in a bar graph alongside the scheduled overtime time. The individual can then view this activity history display page 40 displayed on the display of the user terminal 2, and can also print the activity history display page 40 from a printer connected to the user terminal 2.

[0048] This behavioral history display page 40 displays the work done by an individual in July 2021 in graphs by work type or work location, allowing users to visually understand what kind of work, where, and how much time was spent on it. This allows users to understand at a glance how they worked over the past month, become aware of the characteristics of their work style, and improve their work style to help improve work efficiency.

[0049] The above is an example of the behavior history display page 40, but these can be changed according to personal preferences for graphs and layout. Some examples of changes will be described below.

[0050] Modification example 1: <Creating another graph from the location-time graph 41> [Figure 5] On the behavior history display page 40, a location-time bar graph 41a was used as the location-time graph 41 showing the relationship between work location and time, but instead the report display means 13 can display it as a location-time pie chart 41b shown in FIG. 5(A) or a location-time rectangular graph 41c shown in FIG. 5(B).

[0051] Change example 2: <Creating a location-day graph 45> [Figure 6] On the behavior history display page 40, the report display means 13 displays a location-time bar graph 41a as a graph showing the relationship between work location and time, but instead it can display a location-day graph 45. An example of this location-day graph 45 is shown in Fig. 6, and it can be displayed as a location-day ratio graph 45a (see Fig. 6(A)) showing the proportion of work location out of the total work time for each day of the week, or as a location-day total time graph 45b (see Fig. 6(B)) showing the time spent at the work location for each day of the week.

[0052] Modification example 3: <Creating another graph for Activity-Time Graph 42> [Figure 7] On the behavior history display page 40, the report display means 13 used an activity vs. time rectangular graph 42a as a graph showing the relationship between activity and time, but instead it can display an activity vs. time bar graph 42b shown in Fig. 7(A) or an activity vs. time pie chart 42c shown in Fig. 7(B). The activity vs. time bar graph 42b and the activity vs. time pie chart 42c are bar graphs and pie charts showing the amount of time spent on each type of activity.

[0053] Example 4: <Creating Activity and Day of the Week Graph 47> [Figure 8] On the behavior history display page 40, the report display means 13 used an activity vs. time rectangular graph 42a as the activity vs. time graph 42 that displays the relationship between work content and time, but instead it can display an activity vs. day of the week graph 46. An example of this activity vs. day of the week graph 46 is shown in Fig. 8, and it can be displayed as an activity vs. day of the week proportion graph 46a (see Fig. 8(A)) that shows the proportion of activity out of the total work time for each day of the week, or as an activity vs. day of the week total time graph 46b (see Fig. 8(B)) that displays the activity time for each day of the week as is.

[0054] Change example 5: <Creating Activity and Location Graph 47 1> [Figure 9] On the behavior history display page 40, the report display means 13 creates and displays a location-time bar graph 41a as a graph showing the relationship between work location and time, and an activity-time rectangle graph 42a as a graph showing the relationship between work content and time, but it can also create and display an activity-location graph 47 showing the relationship between activity and location in addition to, or in place of, either or both of these. An example of this activity-location pie chart 47a showing the relationship between activity and location in the form of a pie chart is shown in Figure 9.

[0055] Of the activity-location pie charts 47a in FIG. 9, FIG. 9(A) shows a pie chart 47a1 indicating activities for each work location, and FIG. 9(B) shows a pie chart 47a2 indicating work location for each activity.

[0056] Change example 6: <Creating Activity and Location Graph 47 2> [Figure 10, Figure 11] FIG. 9 shows an activity-location pie chart 47a that shows the relationship between activity and location in a pie chart, but instead of this graph, an activity-location bar chart 47b can be used that shows the relationship between activity and location in a bar chart. Figure 10 shows the work location for each activity in the activity-location bar graph 47b. Figure 10(A) is bar graph 47b1 showing the proportion of work location out of the total work time for each activity, and Figure 10(B) is bar graph 47b2 showing the time spent at each work location for each activity.

[0057] Also, Figure 11 shows the activities performed at each work location in the activity-location bar graph 47b. Figure 11(A) is a bar graph 47b3 showing the proportion of activity out of the total work time at each work location, and Figure 11(B) is a bar graph 47b4 showing the time spent on activities at each work location.

[0058] Other changes: <Time attendance management, etc.> [not shown] In addition to the graphs described above, the behavior history display page 40 may also display attendance information and various other items, such as overtime hours, the number of times employees worked on holidays, and the average speed at which individuals entered the required data into the man-hour system 10.

[0059] As described above, in response to an output request for the behavior history display page 40 from an individual, the behavior history display page 40 shown in FIG. 4 is created and displayed by default. However, the behavior history display page 40 can be customized to suit individual preferences by changing various display items, such as displaying modified graphs as shown in the above modification examples, or by changing the layout of the report. That is, when creating and displaying the behavior history display page 40, the display means 15 creates a screen for the individual to request the creation of the behavior history display page 40 and creates an input screen on which the individual can select changes to the graphs and layout. The report format is then customized based on the individual's selection.

[0060] The behavioral history display page 40 allows individuals to compare data for a given period. For example, this month can be compared with last month, or this month with the same month last year. In addition to past data, it is also possible to set target data and compare data with that target data. Such comparisons allow individuals to easily consider how and where they should change their work style.

[0061] The man-hour system 10 can be used as attendance information by including break times and holidays in the work hours. For example, if an individual is a typist, by registering break times between typing sessions in the system, it can be determined whether the individual is taking appropriate breaks.

[0062] In the above example, the predetermined period for creating the behavior history display page 40 was explained as July 2021, but this predetermined period can be changed as appropriate. For example, in the case of a construction worker whose work site changes periodically, a behavior history display page 40 is created with the period during which the worker worked on the construction of Building A as the predetermined period, and another behavior history display page 40 is created with the period during which the worker worked on the construction of Building B as the predetermined period, and by comparing the two behavior history display pages 40, it is possible to compare the performance of different sites, Building A and Building B.

[0063] Third embodiment: <Creating a behavior history display page showing information on multiple people> [Fig. 12] The behavior history display page 50 shown in this embodiment is a behavior history display page 50 that visualizes how much time was allocated within a predetermined period to the work content and work locations of multiple people recorded in the management item storage means 11. In other words, like the behavior history display page 40 shown in the second embodiment, it is a tool that clearly shows what work content is allocated to an individual's total work within a predetermined period and what percentage it accounts for, or where the individual's total work within a predetermined period is allocated to and what percentage it accounts for, but by clearly showing the work for multiple people, it is a tool that makes it easy to compare the working styles of those multiple people.

[0064] 12 shows a behavior history display page 50 for each individual, which displays a location-time bar graph 41a showing work time for each work location in a given month as a bar graph. It also shows an activity-time rectangle graph 42a for each individual, which displays the total work time for each month as a rectangle of a given size, and shows the time spent for each task as a percentage of the total work time as a rectangle with an area corresponding to the percentage.

[0065] Furthermore, in addition to the location-time bar graph 41a and activity-time rectangular graph 42a, the behavior history display page 50 shown in Figure 12 displays a holiday work comparison graph 51 that displays the number of times multiple people have worked on holidays, an overtime work comparison graph 52 that displays the overtime hours worked by multiple people, an application speed comparison graph 53 that displays the application speed of multiple people, and a people-location graph 54 that graphically shows the relationship between work locations and individuals, as well as a people-location pie graph 54a that shows the proportion of individuals for each work location.

[0066] The creation of the behavioral history display page 50 will now be described. The data aggregation means 12 retrieves management items related to the work content, work location, and time performed by multiple people, for example, in July 2021, from the management item storage means 11, and aggregates the time spent for each work content and the time spent for each work location for each individual. The report display means 13 then creates the results and displays them as a behavioral history display page 50 in which the results for multiple people are arranged in parallel.

[0067] This behavioral history display page 50 displays the work done by individuals A, B, and C over a specified period of time in graphs, broken down by type of work or by work location, allowing users to visually grasp what kind of work each person did, where they did it, and how much time they spent on it, and to compare the working styles of the three people.

[0068] Fourth embodiment: <Creating a behavior history display page with self-evaluation> [Fig. 13] The behavior history display page 60 shown in this embodiment is a behavior history display page 60 with self-evaluation that displays the individual's self-evaluation in addition to the work content and work location of the individual. The behavior history display page 60 with self-evaluation is a tool that not only clearly shows what work content an individual is assigned to and what percentage of their total work during a specified period, or where the individual's total work during a specified period is assigned to and what percentage of their total work is assigned to, but also clearly shows the individual's self-evaluation of the work content and work location.

[0069] The behavior history display page 60 with self-assessment shown in FIG. 13 displays a location-time bar graph 61 with self-assessment, which shows the working hours for a certain month by work location as a bar graph and also displays the self-assessment level percentage within the bar graph; an activity-time rectangular graph 62 with self-assessment, which also displays the self-assessment level percentage within the activity-time rectangular graph 42a; a daily self-assessment display bar graph 63, which shows the daily working hours and self-assessment level; and a self-assessment-time bar graph 64, which shows the time for each self-assessment level as a bar graph.

[0070] The creation of the behavior history display page 60 with self-assessment will be explained based on the page shown in Figure 13. The data aggregation means 12 retrieves management items related to the individual, such as the work content performed in July 2021, the work location, self-assessment, and time, from the management item storage means 11, and aggregates the time spent for each work content, the time spent for each work location, and the time spent for each self-assessment level. The report display means 13 then displays the results as a location-time bar graph 61 with self-assessment and an activity-time rectangular graph 62 with self-assessment. Furthermore, the data tallying means 12 tally the time spent on work for the same period for each individual from the management item storage means 11, dividing it into self-assessment levels for each day, and displays it as a self-assessment display bar graph 63 every day, and separately displays the time for each self-assessment level in a self-assessment vs. time bar graph 64.

[0071] This behavioral history display page 60 not only displays the work that an individual performed in July 2021 by work content or work location, but also displays their self-evaluation of each work, so that they can visually understand how much time they spent on each work or location, and how they evaluated the work content and work location.

[0072] Furthermore, the behavioral history display page 60 allows for self-evaluation in addition to the analysis of work content and work location, making it possible to clearly compare the relationship between self-perception and results, or to objectively recognize vague self-perception, which can be used to review one's activities.

[0073] Fifth embodiment: <Creating a behavior history display page showing comparison over time> [Fig. 14] In the previous embodiments, we have described behavioral history display pages 40, 50, and 60 that use various graphs to show how much time an individual spent on their work content, work location, etc. within a specified period of time.However, in this embodiment, we will show a behavioral history display page 70 that displays multiple graphs with different specified periods together to visualize changes over time.

[0074] The behavioral history display page 70 shown in FIG. 14 displays an activity comparison column 71 showing graphs for the month before last, last month, the current month, and the target period side by side for an activity-time pie chart 42c that shows how much time was spent on each activity within a specified period as a percentage of the total activity; a location comparison column 72 showing graphs for the month before last, last month, the current month, and the target period side by side for a location-time pie chart 41b that shows how much time was spent at each work location within a specified period as a percentage of the total activity; and a self-assessment comparison column 73 showing graphs for the month before last, last month, the current month, and the target period side by side for a self-assessment proportion pie chart 74 that shows the level of self-assessment within a specified period as a percentage of the total self-assessment.

[0075] The creation of the behavioral history display page 70 will be explained based on the page shown in Figure 14. The data aggregation means 12 retrieves management items related to the individual's tasks, work locations, and time performed in, for example, July 2021 (the current month) from the management item storage means 11, aggregates the time spent for each task, aggregates the time spent for each work location, and aggregates the corresponding time for each self-assessment level. Similarly, aggregations are performed for the month before last and the previous month. The report display means 13 then displays the results in graphs in the activity comparison column 71, location comparison column 72, and self-assessment comparison column 73. The goal is for the data aggregation means 12 to aggregate the numerical values ​​entered by the individual for each activity, work location, and performance and accumulated in the management item storage means 11, and the report display means 13 to output the respective graphs. The individual can view this behavioral history display page 70 displayed on the display of the user terminal 2, and can also print the behavioral history display page 70 from a printer connected to the user terminal 2.

[0076] This behavioral history display page 70 displays monthly changes in work content, work location, and self-evaluation in graph form, allowing users to visually understand what kind of work they spent their time on, where they spent their time, and how they evaluated themselves. This allows users to see at a glance how their work style has changed, making it easier to set goals.

[0077] Sixth embodiment: <Transmission of analysis message> [not shown] In the embodiments described so far, the data aggregation means 12 aggregates and processes management items such as work content, work location, and work hours entered by individuals, etc., and the output is displayed by display means 15 such as report display means 13. Based on such output and various items processed from other accumulated management items, it is possible to compare with others, derive tendencies specific to the individual, etc., and deliver analysis messages that lead to individual awareness. For example, messages like "There are 50% more meetings this month than last month," or "Compared to last week, performance is falling further away from the set goals," or even the ideal way of working for that individual.

[0078] If the predetermined period is, for example, one month, the data aggregation means 12 aggregates the work hours for each task for each month and calculates the increase or decrease in work hours for each task this month compared to last month.Then, the percentage of increase or decrease is ranked and the task with the largest percentage of increase or decrease is extracted.The message display means 14 then displays the result as a message about the task and the increase or decrease, such as "There are 50% more meetings this month than last month," as in the previous example. Furthermore, the management item storage means 11 records an individual's set goal, for example, a 10% reduction in meetings from last month, as a meeting reduction goal, and the data aggregation means 12 compares this value with the actual results. If the actual reduction in meeting time is not reduced by more than 10%, the message display means 14 displays a message such as "The actual results are different from the set goal compared to last week."

[0079] Alternatively, a machine learning means 16 is provided that learns data recorded in the management item storage means 11 on management items such as job content, work location, work hours, and self-evaluation, and detects hidden patterns in the large amount of accumulated data. For example, machine learning such as deep learning can be performed based on the accumulated data to estimate the average individual's work status and take action based on such estimation, thereby enabling appropriate management of work status. Therefore, by using past data as training data and inputting new data such as job content, work location, and work hours into a learning model generated by machine learning, an estimated ideal work style situation can be output.

[0080] More specifically, a trained model is generated using machine learning to estimate an individual's working style, using various accumulated data on the individual's job content, work location, work hours, self-evaluation, etc. as training data. Then, by inputting the individual's new data on the job content, work location, work hours, self-evaluation, etc. into the trained model, the ideal working style of this individual is estimated and this information is output.

[0081] The example shown in the above embodiment is merely one embodiment of the present invention, and modifications such as changes to components between embodiments, addition of publicly known technologies, and other variations can be made as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the modified example described in the second embodiment can be applied to other embodiments, and if applied to the fourth embodiment, a graph that includes self-evaluation can be created in addition to the graph described in the modified example. Furthermore, the behavior history display page 40 described in the second embodiment displays the daily overtime display bar graph 48 and the overtime comparison accumulation graph 49, but these may not be displayed and instead various graphs shown in the modified example may be displayed. [Explanation of symbols]

[0082] 1 Management Server 2, 2a, 2b User terminal 3 Network 10 Man-hour system 11 Management item storage means 12 Data collection methods 13 Report display methods 14 Message display method 15 Display means 16 Machine Learning Methods [First embodiment <Creating an input screen> [Figure 3]] 30 Input screen 31 Time input field 32 Work location selection field 33 Activity input field 34 Customer selection field 35 Other display column 36 Self-evaluation input field [Second embodiment: <Creating the behavior history display page 40> [Figure 4]] 40 Action history display page 41 Place-Time Graph 41a Place-time bar graph 42 Activity Time Graph 42a Activity-Time Rectangle Graph 48 Daily Overtime Display Bar Graph 49 Overtime comparison accumulation graph [Modification Example 1: <Another graph of Location-Time Graph 41> [Figure 5]] 41b Place-Time Pie Chart 41c Place-Time Rectangle Graph [Modification Example 2: Creating a Location-Day of the Week Graph 45] [Figure 6] 45 Location-Day of the Week Graph 45a Location-day ratio graph 45b Location-day total time graph [Modification Example 3: Creating another graph for Activity-Time Graph 42] [Figure 7] 42b Activity-Time Bar Graph 42c Activity-Time Pie Chart [Modification Example 4: Creating Activity and Day of the Week Graph 47] [Figure 8] 46 Activity Day Graph 46a Activity-Day Percentage Graph 46b Activity / Day of the Week Total Time Graph [Modification Example 5: <Creating Activity and Location Graph 47 1> [Figure 9]] 47 Activity and Location Graphs 47a Activity and Location Pie Chart 47a1 Activity and Location Pie Chart (by Work Location) 47a2 Activity and Location Pie Chart (by Activity) [Modification Example 6: <Creating Activity and Location Graph 47 2> [Figure 10, Figure 11]] 47b Activity and Location Bar Graph 47b1 Activity / Location Percentage Bar Graph (by Activity) 47b2 Activity-Location-Total Time Bar Graph (by activity) 47b3 Activity and location percentage bar graph (by work location) 47b4 Activity / Location Total Time Bar Graph (by work location) [Third embodiment: <Creation of a behavior history display page showing information on multiple people> [FIG. 12]] 50 Action history display page 51 Holiday work comparison graph 52 Overtime comparison graph 53 Application speed comparison graph 54 People-Place Graph 54a People-Place Pie Chart [Fourth embodiment: <Creating a behavior history display page with self-evaluation> [FIG. 13]] 60 Action history display page (action history display page with self-evaluation) 61 Place-time bar graph with self-rating 62 Self-Assessed Activity-Time Rectangle Graph 63 Daily self-evaluation bar graph 64 Self-Evaluation Time Bar Graph [Fifth embodiment: <Creation of a behavior history display page showing comparison over time> [FIG. 14]] 70 Action History Display Page 71 Activity Comparison Column 72 Location Comparison Column 73 Self-evaluation comparison column 74 Self-evaluation percentage pie chart

Claims

1. a management item storage means for storing management items including individuals, work contents, work locations, and work times; a data aggregation means for selecting a predetermined management item from the management items and aggregating the selected management item; report display means for creating and displaying a predetermined chart from the management items collected by the data collection means; machine learning means; the report display means creates both a diagram showing the relationship between work content and work location, and either a diagram showing the relationship between work content and time or a diagram showing the relationship between work location and time, which are compiled within a predetermined period, and displays these diagrams together; The machine learning means performs machine learning using accumulated past data on management items including individuals, job content, work location, time, and self-evaluation as training data, and inputs new individual job content data, work location data, time data, and self-evaluation data into the resulting trained model, thereby outputting job content information, work location information, and time information for individuals who wish to obtain work style information. This is a man-hour system.

2. a management item storage means for storing management items including individuals, work contents, work locations, and work times; a data aggregation means for selecting a predetermined management item from the management items and aggregating the selected management item; report display means for creating and displaying a predetermined chart from the management items collected by the data collection means; machine learning means; the report display means displays a diagram showing the relationships among all three management items, namely, work content, work location, and work time, which are compiled within a predetermined period; The machine learning means performs machine learning using accumulated past data on management items including individuals, job content, work location, time, and self-evaluation as training data, and inputs new individual job content data, work location data, time data, and self-evaluation data into the resulting trained model, thereby outputting job content information, work location information, and time information for individuals who wish to obtain work style information. This is a man-hour system.

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